Best VPN for Mac: how I see it

Choosing the best VPN for Mac sounds easy until you actually start doing it. There are so many providers with flashy websites, praising their apps and making bold promises, but I quickly realized that things rarely work as smoothly as they claim. A good VPN for Mac should truly protect your privacy, deliver stable speed, and not slow down your MacBook. But in reality, many vpn apps for Mac break down in small but important ways. Chances are, you haven't been paying attention to these critical details either.

ManageEngine Log360 launches Zia Insights, its first AI-powered contextual analytics for modern SOCs

Security operations centers (SOCs) have been drowning in a sea of alerts, raw logs, and siloed data for quite sometime now. A study by Morning Consult and IBM showed that 63% of alerts handled by SOCs daily are false positives or low priority, and analysts spend one-third of their day investigating these alerts. Yet, the information needed to detect, investigate, and respond to threats is often already present, just fragmented and buried. This is where AI steps in to rewrite the rules of engagement.

Unified Threat Management (UTM): The Complete Guide to Modern Cybersecurity Solutions

Key takeaways Cyber threats today are anything but simple. With attackers using every trick in the book — and inventing new ones all the time — businesses need more than a one-size-fits-all approach to cybersecurity. You require diverse cybersecurity solutions to face a variety of threat vectors. These threats are diverse, evolving, and target multiple layers of your IT environment.

Exploiting Public APP_KEY Leaks to Achieve RCE in Hundreds of Laravel Applications

Laravel APP_KEY leaks enable RCE via deserialization attacks. Collaboration with Synacktiv scaled findings to 600 vulnerable applications using 260K exposed keys from GitHub. Analysis reveals 35% of exposures coincide with other critical secrets including database, cloud tokens, and API credentials.

Data is the key to building modern AI workflows

In this guest post, Eric Newcomer, Principal Analyst at Intellyx, explains why data is essential for building and running effective AI workflows. In the current phase of AI transformation, everyone is discovering many applications for gen AI, especially chats with LLM trained data, public as well as private. One interesting application of AI is building modern workflows to automate operational processes.

Qilin Ransomware: Get the 2025 Lowdown

Qilin operates as an affiliate program for Ransomware-as-a-Service, employing a Rust-based ransomware to target victims. Qilin ransomware attacks are often tailored for each victim to maximize their impact, utilizing tactics like altering filename extensions of encrypted files and terminating specific processes and services.

LevelBlue Momentum Continues with Two Acquisitions

In late May, I wrote a blog post titled “One Year of LevelBlue: Milestones, Momentum, and a Vision for the Future.” Year one for LevelBlue was definitely a time of growth, change, and excitement! Today, I am writing to highlight LevelBlue’s continued momentum in the market through two recently announced acquisitions. On June 11, LevelBlue announced its acquisition of Aon’s Cybersecurity and IP Litigation Consulting groups, Stroz Friedberg and Elysium Digital.

Cloak Ransomware: Who's Behind the Cloak?

Emerging between late 2022 and the beginning of 2023, Cloak Ransomware is a new ransomware group. Despite its activities, the origins and organizational structure of the group remain unknown. According to data from the group’s DLS (data leak site), Cloak has accessed 23 databases of small-medium businesses, selling 21 of them so far. Out of these, 21 victims paid the ransom and had their data deleted, 1 declined and 1 is still in negotiations, indicating a high payment rate of 91-96%.

The Human Element of AI in IT: Upskilling, Security, and Strategic Problem Solving

Dive deep into the nuanced reality of AI's impact on Information Technology with JumpCloud's SVP of Product, Joel Rennich, and 9to5Mac's Bradley Chambers. Moving beyond the hype, this episode offers a forward-looking perspective on how AI is not merely a tool for automation but a catalyst for profound shifts in IT roles and responsibilities. Discover tangible gains like enhanced tier-one support deflection and accelerated product deployment, and explore how IT professionals are upskilling to tackle complex challenges, including writing scripts and automating functionality with AI assistance.